Thailand sign contract for KAI T-50 trainer jets
Thailand has signed a contract with Korean Aerospace Industries to acquire four KAI T-50 golden Eagle trainer jets under a $110 million deal. KAI will deliver the aircraft within 30 months. The T-50...
View ArticleFrench Navy inducts improved NH90 naval helicopter
Airbus Helicopters, the French Defense procurement agency (DGA – Direction générale de l’armement) and the French Navy today marked the handover of the 15th NH90 NFH multimission naval helicopter, the...
View ArticleMBDA to market BAE Systems APKWS rocket in Europe
BAE Systems has announced an agreement with MBDA to support marketing efforts for the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser-guided rocket in Europe. The APKWS system is a mid-body...
View ArticleEASA certify Evektor SportStar with constant speed propeller
The Evektor SportStar RTC has become the first EASA CS-LSA certified aircraft with an approved Constant Speed Propeller. The major change approval of KW-31 Constant Speed Propeller installation was...
View ArticleNorway's first F-35 stealth fighter rolled out
The first F-35A Lightning II stealth fighter for the Norway was rolled out from the Lockheed Martin F-35 production facility in Fort Worth, Texas on Monday. Norwegian Minister of Defence Ms. Ine...
View ArticleAustralia to fund RF-Seeker development of JSM
Norway and Australia has signed an agreement where Australia will finance the development of a new capability for the seeker in the Joint Strike Missile (JSM), developed by Norwegian company Kongsberg...
View ArticleMassive Russian fighter deployment to Syria
Su-24 in swept wing configuration The latest satellite imagery acquired by Airbus and Defense and Space satellites has revealed massive deployment of additional Russian attack aircraft to Syrian Naval...
View ArticleSpirit completes first V-280 tiltrotor fuselage
Spirit AeroSystems has completed the first fuselage of the Bell Helicopter V-280 tiltrotor aircraft for the U.S. Army's Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) program. The unit was designed...
View ArticleFirst Saudi Hawk Mk 165 trainer complete maiden flight
BAE Systems has carried out the first flight of new generation Hawk Mk 165 Advanced Jet Trainer jet for Saudi Arabia. The debut flight was piloted by BAE test pilot Andy Blyth from its Warton final...
View ArticleUSAF rips nuclear capability from B-52H bombers
U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command has begun the conversion of a portion of the B-52H Stratofortress bomber fleet from a nuclear to a conventional only capability aircraft under the New Strategic...
View ArticlePerlan 2 Glider soars into sky
The Perlan 2 glider, the world’s first engineless aircraft designed to reach the edge of space, achieved its successful first flight today in a historic moment about 5,000 feet above Roberts Field,...
View ArticleBoeing-China sign agreement for 300 airplanes, 737 completion center in China
Boeing welcomed China President Xi Jinping to its widebody commercial airplane factory and announced several agreements that will broaden and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation between Boeing and...
View ArticleFirst Trent XWB-97 turbofan delivered for flight testing
Rolls Royce has delivered the first higher thrust Trent XWB-97 engine to Airbus, developed to power the stretched in-development Airbus A350-1000 airliner. The engine will be flight tested on a Airbus...
View ArticleTanker configured KC-46A complete maiden flight
Boeing and U.S. Air Force team successfully completed the first flight of KC-46A Pegasus tanker configured aircraft on Sept. 25 from Paine Field in Everett, Washington. The EMD-2 aircraft took off...
View ArticleHow Perlan 2 glider will soar to 90000 feet without an engine
Jamie Darcy|Airbus After completing its maiden flight on Sept 23, the Airbus Perlan 2 pressurized glider designed to fly at the edge of space will attempt to fly to 90,000 ft next year, where the air...
View ArticleAirbus begin assembly of first A350-1000
The first Airbus A350-1000 is taking shape with the assembly start of the first fuselage major components at Airbus plants in Hamburg and Saint-Nazaire. Measuring nearly 74 meters from nose to tail,...
View ArticleSagem sweetens Patroller UAV offer to Egypt
French Sagem is offering its Patroller™ unmanned aerial aircraft to meet Egyptian armed force aerial surveillance needs. Sagem have signed an exclusive commercial and industrial collaboration...
View ArticleIndia inks Chinook-Apache helicopter deals
Indian Ministry of Defense has signed the long pending deal with Boeing to acquire Apache attack helicopters and Chinook transport helicopters that will greatly enhance India’s capabilities across a...
View ArticleAustralian A330 MRTT refuels F-35 fighter
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has completed the first fuel transfer with the air refuelling boom from its Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (A330 MRTT) to a US Air Force (USAF) F-35A...
View ArticleUK extend Sentinel's ISR mission against ISIL
The UK will extend its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations using its Sentinel long-range wide area battlefield surveillance aircraft in Iraq and Syria, Defense Secretary...
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